NASA today launches a series of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight. On April 12, 1981, shuttle Columbia lifted off with Commander John Young and pilot Robert ...

Click to open image viewer. This First Shuttle Flight Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in recognition for her contribution to the sucess of the first orbital space shuttle flight, ...

A faulty fuel-tank sensor forces NASA to call off Wednesday's launch of Discovery on the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster 2 1/2 years ago. Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan and guests ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...

Growing up in the USA in the 1960s I was captivated by the space programme as we raced the Soviet Union to the Moon. Most of my generation can tell you where they were when Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA gave the shuttle Discovery a majestic Fourth of July send-off and said early signs showed the spacecraft was in good shape, despite once again being struck by the flying ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With just three months remaining until liftoff, the astronauts assigned to the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia catastrophe still don't know what type of repair kit ...

NASA administrator Michael Griffin says July 13 is the launch date for the first shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia accident. This week, an advisory panel said there are still safety ...

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